. >> johnathan: it has everything, an eccentric millionaire, missing wife, at least two murders, andof arguments that lawyers are, at times, even in yesterday's pretrial motions, seeming to want to kill each other. the stakes are high for everyone involved in this case, but 78-year-old robert durst on trial, accused of murdering his best friend, susan berman, at her home here in l.a. in december, 2,000, because, according to prosecutors, she knew that he killed his then still missing wife, kathleen, in 1982, and she was planning on going to the police about that. the case was given new impetus when durst was caught in this hot make moment in the hbo documentary about his life "the drinks." >> kill them all. >> now 14 months later, durst's lawyers are costing him $10 million, arguing that their client is too sick to face trial, suffering from bladder cancer, among other ailments. prosecutors say it now or never to bring justice to a man they believe has, thus far, literally got away with murder. the dash trial got underway, opening arguments have just begun in that courtroom. and only